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Freelancing in the UK in 2021: a market overview
The self-employed are on a knife edge. Fragile from covid, ready to lead the recovery, but impeded by government. 4 min
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Freelancers' Questions: Can I control a sales freelancer with set targets?
'One objective, even six objectives is fine, but the self-employed must be left to their own devices to hit them.' 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
Is this Intellectual Property clause suitable for my design client and me?
Legal aid for freelancer whose ‘pretty standard’ terms are stopping a client from commissioning him. 5 min
Freelancer Finances
Self-employed freelancers: how to calculate your take-home pay
Revealed: the numbers sole traders need to crunch to show how much money they can pocket. 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
Can I freelance in the UK while my partner is on a skilled worker visa?
Fortunately for an Italian couple, the small print of his visa permits her to join him in their big transition. 4 min
Freelancer Finances
Can I claim for Working Tax Credit when self-employed?
Working Tax Credit is a type of benefit designed to top up low income for people working in the UK, find out if you qualify. 3 min
Freelancer Finances
What is form P11D and when do I need to use it?
Everything independent workers need to know about a form that reports benefits and expenses to HMRC. 4 min
Guide to Freelancing
New template contract for freelance services handed to self-employed
Download FreelanceUK’s expert-authored legal agreement, and make it your own for freelancing. 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
Freelancers' Questions: Can I freelance from India for UK companies?
Accountant tots up extra cost if an Indian freelancer becomes a company, plus a few ‘must-dos,’ regardless. 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
Freelancers' Questions: Should I use an umbrella company instead?
Having just one end-user, and planning to work for them indefinitely, smacks of PAYE work. 4 min
Freelancer Finances
Tax Rates and allowances 2021/22 for freelancers
Here are the main tax rates and allowances for 2021/22 that the self-employed/freelancer community need to be aware of 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
What is the best business structure for freelancers?
Sole trader. ‘Ltd.’ Or LLP? Top accountant Emily Coltman crunches the numbers, and options, facing the newly self-employed. 8 min
Guide to Freelancing
Put off self-employment? Four freelancing facts to make you undeterred
Covid may have put your one-person empire on hold. But you can still take steps to minimise risk and maximise opportunity. 6 min
Freelancer News
Freelancers, HMRC self-assessment and VAT penalties are going points-based
How much the taxman’s new system will cost sole traders who pay late or submit late. 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
Going freelance amid coronavirus: why creatives make the leap despite covid
As it’s the desire for freedom that drives, it seems not even the pandemic will keep the aspiring self-employed down for long. 4 min
Guide to Freelancing
Why you should get your freelance business on instagram
Instagram is one of the biggest social media platforms in the world and it offers an abundance of opportunity for freelance businesses to get brand exposure and sales. 2 min
Freelancer Finances
Freelancers’ Questions: Any VAT or tax tips to grow my marketing business?
Invoices, self-assessment and trading in dollars – just some of the queries troubling an apologetic freelancer. 5 min